Twelve years a slave : narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853 / by Solomon Northrup ; edited by David Wilson.
Publication Info.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library : 2011.
Distributed by University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Originally published: Auburn, N.Y. : Derby and Miller, 1853.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next 12 years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation, and during this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. This is his detailed description of slave life and plantation society.